Today
Wall St plunge, bond ‘crisis’ show investors are losing faith in Trump
The president’s sprinkles of compromise are no longer enough to override the realisation that the economic effect of the war – and the fighting – will stick around for a while yet.
Yesterday
Rinehart cheers young Aussies on MAGA fact-finding mission
Young Australian conservatives backed by entrepreneur Steve Baxter bumped into Australia’s richest person in Texas at a politician action conference.
The great fake meat meltdown is taking plant-based burgers with it
When Alejandro Cancino founded Fenn Foods, he was entering an industry forecast to be worth $3 billion this decade. Then came the age of eating “real food”.
As the world burns, Canberra fumbles
The economic effects of the Iran crisis make the Albanese government’s budget decisions harder – but also more necessary to make tough choices. That’s not happening.
Solar for Cuba: How Xi is turning Trump’s war into a China win
The carnage unleashed by the US-Iran conflict has exposed the fragility – and concentration – of fossil fuel supply chains. One country is winning from the chaos.
24 days to disaster: Trump’s new deadline won’t change oil shock maths
It’s hard to avoid thinking Trump’s fresh cut-off for a deal with Iran wasn’t prompted by a sell-off on Wall Street. Whatever the case, he’s running out of time.
This Month
Trump insists Iran desperate for a deal as crisis deepens
Iran’s foreign minister insisted peace talks with the US were not under way, contradicting the White House as the war’s economic and humanitarian toll mounted.
Payday for Putin as Iran war delivers energy windfall
The Kremlin’s oil sales are expected to double this month as Russia profits from the price surge and sanctions waivers.
Trump taps Zuckerberg, Andreessen and Huang for tech council
It’s the latest marker of the nexus between Silicon Valley and the Trump administration that will focus on AI policy and other science-related issues.
Robot joins Melania Trump at White House event to tout AI teachers
The humanoid robot, which introduced itself as “Figure 03”, joined the first lady to welcome first spouses from around the world to a technology summit.
Here’s what Trump’s former Iran tsar makes of the current conflict
Brian Hook once managed relations with Iran. The Cerberus vice chairman is now hunting investment opportunities in an “era of great power competition”.
This is an energy emergency: Entire countries may run out of oil
Some 10.5 million barrels a day of production has been closed because countries have run out of storage or face drone attacks on offshore rigs.
Trump visits Graceland, muses about beating Elvis in a fight
The US President took a surprise tour of the music legend’s former estate, one of the most visited tourist sites of its type in the US, during a trip to Memphis.
Trump’s Iran playbook was written in the 1980s
It’s a stretch to call this a war foretold, but the US president’s playbook on the Islamic Republic has long been in plain sight.
Don’t be fooled, Trump is not done with the war yet
Nervous investors are desperately seeking signs that the US president is headed for an off-ramp, but the latest events are not evidence that a ceasefire is close.
Netanyahu is gambling with Israel’s future
The single biggest guarantee of Israeli security has been strong bipartisan support in the US. But the government’s actions are draining that support away.
Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She’s made with AI
A slew of right-wing accounts, peddling patriotism mixed with soft-core pornography, use fake women and convincing imagery to grab viewers.
Iran targets Israel and Gulf states as Trump looks to calm markets
The US president’s assertion that Iran was keen on a deal – and he was postponing power-plant attacks – was disputed almost immediately by Iran.
Crisis a reminder fossil fuels still key to global economic health
No country will be spared the effects of the Middle East conflict, warns the head of the International Energy Agency.
‘Surprised they said no’: Trump urges Australia to help in Iran
Donald Trump is urging the Albanese government to take a bigger role in the Middle East amid his growing disappointment in allies not stepping up.
